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Port Elizabeth airport at Port Elizabeth (South Africa)
Port Elizabeth airport is located near Port Elizabeth, with Port Elizabeth Airport at 1mi↑, Walmer at 2mi↑, Glenhurd at 4mi↑, Port Elizabeth at 5mi↑, Sunridge Park at 6mi↑, Lorraine at 6mi↑, Uitenhage at 20mi↑, Addo at 30mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in South Africa and Southernmost airports in South Africa
→ See also airports in South Africa
aerial view of Port Elizabeth airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : FAPE
- IATA code : PLZ
- Local code : -
Elevation : 69 m = 226ft
→ See also Highest airports in South Africa and Lowest airports in South Africa
Runways
- runway 08/26 : 1980m = 6496ft
- runway 17/35 : 1677m = 5502ft
- runway 10/28 : 1178m = 3865ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in South Africa
Coming to Port Elizabeth airport
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By plane :
- Port Elizabeth airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Port Alfred airport at 78mi : book on Trip.com
- Bisho airport at 122mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Port Elizabeth airport FAPE PLZ
METAR for Port Elizabeth airport FAPE PLZ
FAPE 250900Z 23016KT 9999 BKN038 22/15 Q1015 NOSIG
Decoded METAR for Port Elizabeth airport FAPE PLZ
METAR issued by FAPE on Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at 09:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 2 days and 50 hours and -2834 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 22°C = 72°F, dew point is 15°C = 59°F. : relative air humidity is 65%.
QNH is 1015hPa = 29.97inHg
Wind 30km/h = 16kt, direction is 230°.
Clouds : broken at 3800ft = 1160m.
No significant change forecasted in next 2 hours
TAF for Port Elizabeth airport FAPE PLZ
FAPE 242200Z 2500/2524 26016KT 9999 SCT018 SCT048 TX23/2512Z TN19/2503Z PROB30 TEMPO 2506/2509 5000 -SHRA SCT030TCU BECMG 2512/2514 CAVOK
Decoded TAF for Port Elizabeth airport FAPE PLZ
TAF issued by FAPE on Monday, March 24, 2025 at 22:00 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 2 days and 13 hours and 46 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Monday, March 24, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 à 12:00 heure UTC
2500/2524 26016KT 9999 SCT018 SCT048 TX23/2512Z TN19/2503Z
wind 16kt = 30km/h, direction is 260°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
scattered clouds at 1800ft = 550m scattered clouds at 4800ft = 1460m
probability of 30% to have temporarily from Tuesday, March 25, 2025 à 06:00 heure TU to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 à 09:00 heure UTC
PROB30 TEMPO 2506/2509 5000 -SHRA SCT030TCU
Visibility is 5km = 3mi.
light intensity shower rain
scattered clouds at 3000ft = 910m
becoming from Tuesday, March 25, 2025 à 14:00 heure TU to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
BECMG 2512/2514 CAVOK
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
NOTAM for Port Elizabeth airport
Around Port Elizabeth airport at Port Elizabeth (South Africa)
near
- Hotels in Port Elizabeth Airport
- Station de montagne La Molina at 5482mi↑
- Station de montagne Puigmal 2900 at 5485mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Cambre d'Aze at 5489mi↑
- Station de montagne Capcir at 5492mi↑
- Station de montagne Bolquère Pyrénées 2000 at 5492mi↑
- Station de montagne Font-Romeu at 5493mi↑
- Station de montagne La Quillane at 5493mi↑
- Station de montagne Les Angles at 5496mi↑
- Station de montagne La Rabassa at 5496mi↑
- Station de montagne Formiguères at 5499mi↑
- Station de montagne Porté Puymorens at 5499mi↑
- Station de montagne Puyvalador at 5500mi↑
- for Port Elizabeth airport at 0mi↑
- for Livingstone Hospital airport at 5mi↑
- for Dora Nginza Provincial Hospital airport at 8mi↑
nearest airports to Port Elizabeth airport at Port Elizabeth (South Africa)
- Livingstone Hospital heliport ( ZA-0311) at 5mi↑
- Dora Nginza Provincial Hospital heliport ( ZA-0312) at 8mi↑
- Progress airport (FAPZ ) at 15mi↑NOTAM
- Seaview airport ( ZA-0185) at 15mi↑
- Uitenhage airport (FAUH ) at 19mi↑NOTAM
- Kinkelbos heliport ( ZA-0313) at 28mi↑
- Beulah airport ( ZA-0001) at 38mi↑
- Vlakteplaas Airstrip airport ( ZA-0164) at 39mi↑
- Paradise Beach airport (FAPX ) at 43mi↑NOTAM
- Shamwari Game Reserve airport ( ZA-0231) at 44mi↑
- Cap Saint Francis airport (FACF ) at 47mi↑NOTAM
- Humansdorp airport (FAHD ) at 48mi↑NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in South Africa
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap